Robert Cruickshank, Demandprogress.org · [email protected]

April 23, 2020 at 7:24 PM

UPDATE: Non-profit websites could go dark in just days

A private equity firm is poised to buy the entire .org domain for $1.1 billion.used classified intelligence to sell millions in stock while telling the public everything is fine. Friend—The sale of the .org domain has been pushed to May 4, which gives us precious days we need to figh…

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  Robert Cruickshank, Demandprogress.org · [email protected]

April 21, 2020 at 1:16 PM

Trump's about to kill the U.S. postal service

The U.S. postal service is on the verge of bankruptcy at the very moment when we need it most. Dear Friend, The U.S. Postal Service is on the verge of bankruptcy at the very moment when we need it most. But instead of helping the postal service like he did with the airlines and cruis…

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  Robert Cruickshank, Demandprogress.org · [email protected]

April 20, 2020 at 9:03 PM

Sign the petition and tell Congress: Stop this terrible deal with Trump!

Hi, Time is running out to stop Congress from making a disastrous deal that gives Donald Trump almost everything he wants. Congress is debating the next stimulus bill, and over the weekend news broke that Democratic leaders might agree to a bill that doesn't include funds for the un…

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  Robert Cruickshank, Demandprogress.org · [email protected]

April 19, 2020 at 4:02 PM

Sign the petition: Stimulus checks

Dear friend, Millions of Americans should be getting their stimulus checks in their bank accounts. But some of you may never see that money -- because the Trump Administration is allowing big banks to take it away. The American Prospect revealed that the Treasury Department is telli…

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  Robert Cruickshank, Demandprogress.org · [email protected]

April 16, 2020 at 4:48 PM

URGENT: Non-profit websites could go dark April 20

A private equity firm is poised to buy the entire .org domain for $1.1 billion.used classified intelligence to sell millions in stock while telling the public everything is fine. Dear Friend, Nonprofit groups like the Red Cross, Feed the Children, and United Way are on the front line…

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  Demand Progress Coronavirus Alert · [email protected]

April 15, 2020 at 1:07 PM

Trump: Vote-by-mail is “horrible”

Trump is trying to stop vote-by-mail. Dear Friend, Donald Trump just called vote-by-mail “horrible” and “corrupt.” Then Trump said it should only be allowed for certain groups, such as senior citizens and the military—which would discriminate against millions of voters and force them…

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  Robert Cruickshank, Demandprogress.org · [email protected]

April 14, 2020 at 8:45 PM

Sign the petition and tell Congress: Don't hand power to Trump

Dear friend, Donald Trump has already done enough damage to the country with his mishandling of the coronavirus. But just imagine how much worse it could get if Congress can't meet. Right now several members of Congress have the coronavirus and many more are in self-quarantine. If C…

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  Demand Progress Coronavirus Alert · [email protected]

April 11, 2020 at 1:10 PM

Trump’s power grab gets more terrifying

Donald Trump and his DOJ are trying to gut the constitution during the coronavirus pandemic. Dear Friend, In the span of four days, Donald Trump has fired both the inspector general of the intelligence community and the inspector general in charge of the $2 trillion stimulus package.…

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  Robert Cruickshank, Demandprogress.org · [email protected]

April 9, 2020 at 7:28 PM

Sign the petition: Broadband for all

Dear friend, Millions of Americans have been asked to stay home from work and school in order to stop the spread of coronavirus. That's hard to do without access to high speed broadband. The United States still has a huge digital divide. Many homes don't have reliable internet or br…

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  Demand Progress Coronavirus Alert · [email protected]

April 8, 2020 at 9:09 PM

Democracy died in Wisconsin yesterday

We need to save November’s election now. Dear Friend, Yesterday, despite urgent warnings from public health experts about the need to stay home and practice social distancing, conservative judges ordered Wisconsin to hold an election—and tens of thousands of Wisconsinites were disenf…

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  Robert Cruickshank, Demandprogress.org · [email protected]

April 7, 2020 at 4:06 PM

Sign the petition: Vote by mail

Dear friend, The coronavirus is already causing havoc with our elections -- and making it clear we need to give every voter the option to vote by mail. Wisconsin is the latest example. After Governor Tony Evers ordered a postponement of their primary election to June, in order to pr…

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  Demand Progress Coronavirus Alert · [email protected]

April 2, 2020 at 7:47 PM

Fwd: "Absolutely terrifying": Trump asks for emergency powers during pandemic

Attorney General William Barr is asking for emergency powers to imprison American citizens indefinitely without trial or even being charged with a crime. We're re-sending this email from yesterday to make sure you don't miss it. Dear Friend, URGENT: Trump's Attorney General William …

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  Demand Progress Coronavirus Alert · [email protected]

April 1, 2020 at 3:27 PM

"Absolutely terrifying": Trump asks for emergency powers during pandemic

Attorney General William Barr is asking for emergency powers to imprison American citizens indefinitely without trial or even being charged with a crime. Dear Friend, URGENT: Trump's Attorney General William Barr is asking Congress for emergency powers to imprison American citizens i…

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  Robert Cruickshank, Demandprogress.org · [email protected]

March 28, 2020 at 5:54 PM

Sign the petition: Stop Big Pharma

Hi, Big Pharma companies are already trying to profit from drugs to treat or prevent coronavirus infection -- and we need your help to stop them. Last week Gilead Sciences was caught attempting to get exclusive rights to one drug that has shown promise in treating covid-19. Under in…

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  Tihi Hayslett, DemandProgress.org · [email protected]

March 27, 2020 at 3:27 PM

Sign the petition: Don’t let Trump suspend constitutional rights!

Hi, I don’t want to alarm you, but this is too important not to share: Donald Trump and his top goon in the DOJ, William Barr, are requesting that Congress allow them to suspend constitutional rights during the COVID-19 pandemic.1 Specifically, they want to be able to detain people …

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  Senate Insider Trading ALERT · [email protected]

March 25, 2020 at 1:04 PM

Demand Progress is not going dark

Senators used classified intelligence to sell millions in stock while telling the public everything is fine. Dear Friend, Demand Progress has filed a formal complaint with the Senate Ethics Committee calling for an investigation into Senator Richard Burr. At the very same time that S…

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  Robert Cruickshank, Demandprogress.org · [email protected]

March 24, 2020 at 9:41 PM

Sign the petition: Stop Mitch McConnell's $500 billion slush fund

Dear friend, This is urgent: Congress is negotiating *right now* on a bill to revive the economy. Mitch McConnell is demanding a $500 billion slush fund to bail out big corporations with no oversight and no protections for workers. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer might give it …

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  Demand Progress Coronavirus Alert · [email protected]

March 24, 2020 at 6:45 PM

$2 trillion for your paycheck or Wall Street? You decide.

We’re on the verge of paying for a bailout of the 1% Dear Friend, 33,404 Americans have tested positive for the coronavirus, and 400 have died so far.1 Meanwhile, an estimated 875,000 people filed for unemployment last week—the most in any week in history.2 But instead of helping the…

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  Demand Progress Coronavirus Alert · [email protected]

March 19, 2020 at 7:05 PM

UPDATE: We can't let Trump rule unchecked

We are on the verge of losing the strong legislators we need to lead us through this crisis. Friend — Two members of Congress have just tested positive for coronavirus, and several members who came into contact with them are self-quarantining. We need Congress to act NOW before we're…

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  Demand Progress Coronavirus Alert · [email protected]

March 18, 2020 at 8:58 PM

We can't let Trump rule unchecked

We are on the verge of losing the strong legislators we need to lead us through this crisis. Dear Friend, Any day now, members of Congress could be forced into quarantine, leaving Donald Trump in power with NO congressional oversight.1 This is not a drill: As the coronavirus pandemic…

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  Robert Cruickshank, Demandprogress.org · [email protected]

March 17, 2020 at 8:20 PM

Sign the petition: Don't let them cancel the election

Dear friend, We need your help right now to protect our democracy from the impact of the coronavirus. Voters in four states today are facing a terrible choice: leave their homes to put public health at risk, or stay home and not participate in democracy. Ohio was mired in a bitter b…

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  Robert Cruickshank, Demandprogress.org · [email protected]

March 13, 2020 at 4:21 PM

Coronavirus alert (take action now)

Republicans just blocked paid sick days for people with coronavirus. We’re gonna make them pass it anyway. Dear Friend, The coronavirus pandemic is spreading fast, and it’s absolutely critical that people stay home when sick. But when the Senate brought up paid sick time legislation …

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  Robert Cruickshank, Demandprogress.org · [email protected]

March 9, 2020 at 6:04 PM

Sign the petition: Stop the big banks

Hi, We're appalled: The big banks are trying to use the coronavirus as an excuse to evade the regulations established after the 2008 crash to protect us from their reckless behavior.1 Wall Street banks like Wells Fargo, JP Morgan Chase, and Citigroup are trying to get out of "stress…

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  Robert Cruickshank, Demandprogress.org · [email protected]

March 8, 2020 at 4:22 PM

Sign the petition: Pass the Equal Rights Amendment

Dear friend, Breaking news: the Virginia legislature just passed the Equal Rights Amendment, making it the 38th state to approve it -- enough to ratify the ERA and make it part of the U.S. Constitution!1  But we need Congress's help to finish the job. The House Judiciary Committee h…

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  Robert Cruickshank, Demandprogress.org · [email protected]

March 6, 2020 at 8:49 PM

Elizabeth Warren’s proudest achievement in danger

Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh is about to be handed a chance to kill Elizabeth Warren’s proudest achievement: the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. Dear Friend, Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh is about to be handed a chance to kill the Consumer Financial Protection …

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  Robert Cruickshank, Demandprogress.org · [email protected]

March 2, 2020 at 8:58 PM

Sign the petition: Make DC a state

Dear friend, Right now, nearly 1 million Americans don't have any representation in the U.S. Senate. They live in Washington, D.C. and it's time they were able to fully govern themselves -- and send two new Senators to take on Mitch McConnell. This is a critical moment for the D.C. …

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  Robert Cruickshank, Demandprogress.org · [email protected]

February 22, 2020 at 2:08 PM

Trump just pissed off 80 percent of seniors

Donald Trump has proposed MASSIVE cuts to Social Security, one of the most popular social programs in U.S. history. Dear Friend, Social Security is one of the most popular social programs in U.S. history. In poll after poll, 70 to 80 percent of Americans oppose cuts to Medicare or So…

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  Tihi Hayslett, DemandProgress.org · [email protected]

February 19, 2020 at 7:08 PM

Sign the petition: Tell Congress to stop Trump’s spying powers!

Hi, Right now, Trump thinks he’s unstoppable -- but he’s wrong. Trump has been asking Congress to rubber-stamp a renewal of the Patriot Act that will let his administration continue to spy on Americans without a warrant. With your help, we can stop him! Democratic Senator Ron Wyden …

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  Social Security Alert (via Demand Progress) · [email protected]

February 17, 2020 at 2:41 PM

Did Trump just commit political suicide?

Trump just proposed cutting $500 billion from Medicare and $75 billion from Social Security disability benefits. Friend--We wanted to make sure you saw the email below that we sent last Friday. Dear Friend, Donald Trump may have just committed political suicide. Trump just released …

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  Social Security Alert (via Demand Progress) · [email protected]

February 14, 2020 at 8:58 PM

Trump just committed political suicide

Trump just proposed cutting $500 billion from Medicare and $75 billion from Social Security disability benefits. Dear Friend, Donald Trump may have just committed political suicide. Trump just released his new budget for 2021, including $750 billion in Medicare cuts and $76 billion o…

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  Tihi Hayslett, DemandProgress.org · [email protected]

February 11, 2020 at 8:02 PM

Sign the petition: Ban taxpayer subsidies for Amazon Ring!

Hi, Imagine having to pay for the “privilege” of being spied on. Well, that’s exactly what’s starting to happen in US cities. Amazon Ring wants to use your taxpayer dollars to fund the expansion of their private surveillance network. It’s already started in cities like Baltimore1, b…

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  Salma Mirza, DemandProgress.org · [email protected]

February 7, 2020 at 12:35 AM

Sign the petition to stop Jeff Bezos

Jeff Bezos’ reckless empire-building is a threat to all of us. Hi, I wanted to make sure you saw this urgent petition to 2020 presidential candidates to fight back against dangerous corporate technology monopolies like Amazon and reckless billionaire CEOs like Jeff Bezos. Yesterday, …

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  Tihi Hayslett, DemandProgress.org · [email protected]

February 5, 2020 at 6:30 PM

Sign the petition: Ban facial recognition technology in schools

Hi, If you have kids in high school, they’ve probably read Orwell’s 1984. But now, they’ll get the chance to live in a real-world tech dystopia. Tech startups are quietly selling facial recognition services to high schools across the country.1 And the potential danger for students, …

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  Social Security Alert (via Demand Progress) · [email protected]

February 4, 2020 at 1:42 PM

CNBC: “Trump wants to cut Social Security”

Trump just admitted that if he’s re-elected he will cut Social Security. Dear Friend, Donald Trump just admitted that if he’s reelected, he will cut Social Security. While speaking to a reporter at the annual World Economic Forum conference of global elites in Davos, Trump openly adm…

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  Tihi Hayslett, DemandProgress.org · [email protected]

February 1, 2020 at 7:45 PM

Chelsea Manning is being tortured

Hi, Breaking news: a top United Nations official just condemned the continuing imprisonment of Chelsea Manning as torture and called for her immediate release from a Virginia jail.1 Sign the petition to the judge to free whistleblower Chelsea Manning! This is a major development. Th…

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  Robert Cruickshank, Demandprogress.org · [email protected]

January 30, 2020 at 1:59 PM

Sign the petition: Take away Trump's blank check for war

Hi, In the fall of 2002 Congress handed George W. Bush a blank check to invade Iraq. Now Donald Trump claims that blank check allows him to attack Iran. It's time to tear up that blank check. That Authorization of the Use of Military Force (AUMF) should never have passed in the firs…

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  Trump Impeachment Alert · [email protected]

January 27, 2020 at 8:48 PM

Final impeachment vote THIS WEEK?

We may have just three days to make sure that Trump’s impeachment trial includes witness testimony. Dear Friend, News just broke that a transcript of a book written by John Bolton directly implicates Donald Trump in the Ukraine quid pro quo. Bolton, Trump’s right-wing former national…

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  Robert Cruickshank, Demandprogress.org · [email protected]

January 26, 2020 at 6:28 PM

Sign the petition: Stop Social Security cuts

Hi, Donald Trump is waging a massive assault on Social Security — and we're mobilizing to stop him. Trump has directed the Social Security Administration to review and likely cut disability benefits received by 2.6 million people. According to the New York Times, his targets include…

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  Salma Mirza, DemandProgress.org · [email protected]

January 24, 2020 at 8:23 PM

Sign the petition: Remove press restrictions for Trump's impeachment trial

We deserve to know every detail of Trump's impeachment trial. Dear Friend, Mitch McConnell and Senate Rules Committee Chair Roy Blunt have instituted unprecedented press restrictions in order to prevent the public from having full access to Trump’s Senate impeachment trial.1 Without …

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  Trump Impeachment Alert · [email protected]

January 22, 2020 at 6:54 PM

ALERT: Mitch McConnell censoring impeachment coverage

The Senate is installing draconian restrictions on journalists trying to report on the impeachment trial. Dear Friend, Mitch McConnell is going to Orwellian lengths to block public access to Donald Trump's impeachment trial. Journalists are being scanned by magnetometers for recordin…

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  Salma Mirza, DemandProgress.org · [email protected]

January 18, 2020 at 5:08 PM

Sign the petition and stop Brett Kavanaugh

From sexual assault allegations to protecting predatory payday lenders -- Kavanaugh must recuse himself. Hi, As a survivor of sexual assault, I watched the Kavanaugh confirmation hearings in horror. But as a consumer who dealt with shady debt collectors because I struggled to pay med…

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  Tihi Hayslett, DemandProgress.org · [email protected]

January 16, 2020 at 10:15 PM

Sign the petition: No war with Iran

Hi, Trump has made it clear he’s willing to go to war with Iran. We have the best chance we’ve ever had to stop him -- and we need your help. The Senate will vote very soon on a war powers resolution to stop Trump from going to war with Iran. Just yesterday we learned that four Repu…

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  David Segal, DemandProgress.org · [email protected]

January 11, 2020 at 1:02 PM

Today, we remember Aaron

Hi, January 11th marks the seventh anniversary of the passing of our co-founder, Aaron Swartz, and it has become our tradition to use this date as an opportunity to remember him and to take some time to reflect on the work that we carry forward, in some substantial part in his name.…

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  Salma Mirza, DemandProgress.org · [email protected]

January 10, 2020 at 5:15 PM

Sign the petition to stop Jeff Bezos

Jeff Bezos’ reckless empire-building is a threat to all of us. Hi, Jeff Bezos’ reckless empire-building is a threat to all of us. Amazon is a threat to democracy. Jeff Bezos builds his empire by trying to buy elections and bullying politicians who try to help the homeless.1,2 And now…

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  No War with Iran · [email protected]

January 8, 2020 at 11:22 PM

Trump lies and lies and lies

The House is voting TOMORROW on a resolution to stop Trump's escalating war with Iran. Dear Friend, Donald Trump just went on TV to spout a flood of despicable lies to defend the massive debacle he’s created in Iran. And the corporate media is falling for it—hook line and sinker. Th…

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  Tihi Hayslett, DemandProgress.org · [email protected]

January 4, 2020 at 4:52 PM

Sign the petition: Iran

Hi, If Trump gets his way, he'll start the new year with a new war with Iran. Just days into 2020, Trump directed a drone strike that killed high-profile Iranian military leader Qassem Soleimani. Even for Trump it's an extremely reckless action that risks starting a massive new war.…

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  No War with Iran · [email protected]

January 3, 2020 at 7:26 PM

Stop Trump's rush to war with Iran

Trump just ordered the assassination of the #2 person in Iran’s government, putting us on the brink of war. Dear Friend, Last night, on the orders of Donald Trump, the U.S. military assassinated Maj. Gen. Qassim Suleimani, the second most powerful person in Iran.1 It's a massive esca…

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  Robert Cruickshank, Demandprogress.org · [email protected]

January 2, 2020 at 4:10 PM

Sign the petition: Don't let CEOs get away with this

Friend,  Tomorrow -- January 3 -- is the deadline the federal Securities and Exchange Commission has imposed to submit official public comments to stop them from adopting new rules giving corporate CEOs huge new powers to silence shareholders' ability to hold CEOs accountable. They…

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  Net Neutrality 2020 · [email protected]

December 31, 2019 at 2:10 PM

UPDATE: If you read one email from us, this needs to be it.

We have a winning strategy for net neutrality, but we need your help. Friend—I wanted to make sure you saw this email. If we're going to win back net neutrality in 2020, we need the funds to kick our state-by-state campaign off right—but we're still short of our goal. Will you make a…

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  Net Neutrality 2020 · [email protected]

December 27, 2019 at 6:51 PM

If you read one email from us, this needs to be it.

We have a winning strategy for net neutrality, but we need your help. Dear Friend, Demand Progress has some big news to share with you: We have plans to launch a huge, groundbreaking new campaign to win back net neutrality in 2020. Step one is to pass strong net neutrality protection…

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